The Goddess N-ut Represented Double, from Joseph Norman Lockyer’s The Dawn Astronomy (1894). Courtesy of the author.

Figure A is in what one would consider

A comparable sexual position 

Legs overhead 

Feet flat on the ground 

Shawled in stars 

Figure B is in what one would consider 

A comparable sexual position 

She stares straight into Figure A’s anus 

A line of pearls runs neatly along her spine 

Figure C bends over for Earth 

She is the least supple of all the figures

Figure C looks past Figure B’s shoulders 

And deep into her own hip crevice 

Once you are dead Figure C will invite you 

into her star-filled abode

She will transform into a celestial cow

She will save the earth no matter what it takes 

Figure B swallows Figure A every night 

Only to give birth to her again every morning 

Figure C is the sky

The death of Figure A ensures the survival of Figure B

Figure B will ensure that there will be food and wine

Figure C will bring the dead stars back to life inside her body 

Welcome to the dead-star life 

How deep can you forward bend?

At what angle is your body most comfortable?

Are you more like Figure A, B, or C?